ONOMASTICS ANALYSIS ON WRESTLER PERSONAL TITLE IN WWE (WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT) IN REGARD TO THEIR NARRATIVE IDENTITY THESIS Submitted as a Partial Requirement for the degree of Sarjana in English Letters Department Written By: ROHMAT BUDI NUGROHO SRN. 163211066 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT CULTURES AND LANGUAGES FACULTY THE STATE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF SURAKARTA 2020 ii iii DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to : 1. My beloved parents 2. My beloved young sister 3. My beloved friends 4. English Letters Department 5. My Almamater IAIN Surakarta iv MOTTO “You’ll Never Walk Alone” “And he is always with you wherever you are” (QS. Al-Hadid: 4) “The prophet said the most superior among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it” (HR. Bukhari) v PRONOUNCEMENT Name : Rohmat Budi Nugroho SRN : 163211066 Study Program : English Letters Faculty : Cultures and Languages Faculty I hereby sincerely state that the thesis titled “Onomastics Analysis on Wrestler Personal Title in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) in Regard to Their Narrative Identity” is my real masterpiece. The things out of my masterpiece in this thesis are signed by citation and referred in the bibliography. If later proven that my thesis has discrepancies, I am willing to take the academic sanctions in the form of repelling my thesis and academic degree. Surakarta, 2020 Stated by Rohmat Budi Nugroho SRN. 163211066 vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Alhamdulillah, all praises be to Allah, the single power, the lord of the universe, master of the day of judgment, God Almighty, for all blessings and mercies so the researcher was able to finish this thesis entitled Onomastics Analysis on Wrestler Personal Title in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) in Regard to Their Narrative Identity. Peace be upon Prophet Muhammad SAW, the great leader and good inspiration of world revolution. The researcher is sure that this thesis would not be completed without help, support, and suggestions from several sides. Thus, the researcher would like to express his deepest thanks to all who had helped, supported, and suggested his during the process of writing this thesis. This goes to: 1. Prof. Dr. H Mudofir, S.Ag., M.Pd. as the rector of the State Islamic Institute of Surakarta. 2. Prof. Dr. Toto Suharto, S.Ag., M.Ag. as the dean of Cultures and Languages Faculty. 3. Nur Asiyah, M.A. as the head of English Letters Department. 4. Robith Khoiril Umam, S.S., M. Hum. as the consultant for his guidance, precious advice, and motivator for the researcher who always helps the researcher through the hard time and the good time, May Allah SWT gives you and your family healthy and bless. vii 5. Dr. Bayu Dewa Murti, S.S., M.Hum. as validator and as the kind lecturer who always pushes the researcher to the limit, May Allah SWT give you and your family healthy and bless. 6. All lecturer of English Letters 7. The researcher’s parents, Mr. Sutarman and Mrs. Mulyani who always give him the best without complaining about everything. May Allah SWT removes all your worries, fears, pain, and grants you jannah. His younger sister, Fifi Dwi Romadhoni who always support and love him. May Allah SWT bless you and your family. 8. For BALLISTA, who always be the best. 9. 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Surakarta, November 20, 2020 The researcher, Rohmat Budi Nugroho viii TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE .................................................................................................................. i ADVISORS SHEET ........................................................................................... ii RATIFICATION ................................................................................................. iii DEDICATION .................................................................................................... iv MOTTO .............................................................................................................. v PRONOUNCEMENT ......................................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................. vii TABLE OF CONTENT ...................................................................................... ix ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ xi ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ xii LIST OF FIGURE ............................................................................................... xiii LIST OF TABLE ................................................................................................ xiv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ......................................................................... 1 B. Problem Statement .................................................................................. 13 C. Problem Limitation ................................................................................. 13 D. The Objectives of the Study .................................................................... 14 E. The Benefits of the Study ........................................................................ 14 F. Definition of the Key Terms ................................................................... 15 CHAPTER II: REVIEW ON RELATED THEORIES A. Theoretical Description ........................................................................... 17 1. Semantics .......................................................................................... 17 2. Onomastics ........................................................................................ 20 3. Kinds of Personal Name.................................................................... 23 ix 4. Personal Title .................................................................................... 25 5. Charactonym ..................................................................................... 29 6. Narrative Identity .............................................................................. 31 7. WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) .......................................... 34 B. Previous Study ........................................................................................ 36 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Research Design ...................................................................................... 39 B. Data and Source of Data ......................................................................... 40 C. The Technique of Collecting Data .......................................................... 41 D. The Technique of Analysis Data ............................................................. 45 E. The Truthworthiness of Data .................................................................. 48 CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION A. Research Finding ..................................................................................... 51 B. Research Discussion................................................................................ 119 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS A. Conclusions ............................................................................................. 131 B. Suggestions ............................................................................................. 133 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................... 134 APPENDICES .................................................................................................... 156 x ABSTRACT Rohmat Budi Nugroho. 2020. Onomastics Analysis on Wrestler Personal Title in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) in Regard to Their Narrative Identity. Thesis. English Letters Study Program, Cultures and Languages Faculty. Advisor : Robith Khoiril Umam, S.S., M. Hum. Keywords : Onomastics, Personal Title, Naming Pattern, Charactonym, WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), and Narrative Identity. Name is a label or designation given to humans. Not only as an original identity but also names have important roles to help humans distinguish objects. Therefore, a name is a personal identity that denotes an individual character. Addressing this issue, this research attempts to reveal (1) What naming patterns are found from wrestler Personal Title in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)?, (2) How does the Charactonym contribute to the alignment of the wrestler’s narrative identity?. Naming pattern theory by Yvonne Bertills (2004) and Charactonym theory by Alexander Kalashnikov (2006) were applied to answer this problem. Through the onomastics and charactonym aspects which is associated with the wrestler's narrative identity, the researcher analyzes the personal title of the wrestler in WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). This research is descriptive qualitative research, in terms to identify the wrestler's nickname related to the characteristics of the wrestler’s bearer based on the narrative identity. The data of this research were a word, clause, and figure that describe the character’s name.